Memories of My Chess-Board
Memories of My Chess-Board
Memories of My Chess-Board
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Author: White, Alain Campbell (1880-1951)

Year: 1909

Publisher: The Chess Amateur

Place: Stroud

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115+[1] pages with diagrams and appendix. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 3/4") bound in brown cloth with original publisher's wrapper laid on and black lettering to spine. A C White's Christmas series number 8. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana2599; Whyld 8; Betts 33-84) First edition.

50 authors problems, with reminiscences, anecdotes and autobiographical notes. Full-page diagrams. The other 22 authors problems in an appendix are compared with similar problems by other composers.

A. C. White Christmas Series was popular series which ran from 1905 through 1936. the publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists of 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Most of the books have a printed Christmas wish slip by White, usually bound in after a title page. It appears that a part of the editions of some books have wish slips and some parts do not. The number of copies published of separate volumes is unknown for the most part. (Karel Morky)

Condition:

Rebound with new end papers and original wrapper laid on front cover, title page fore-edge reinforced, last page torn with some loss of text, butreinforced else a very good copy.

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